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Guest post: Moving VM automation and inventory beyond Excel files

Published 19 November 8 12:28 AM | Windows Virtualization Team Blog

Hi, I’m John Suit, CTO and principal founder of Fortisphere , which is a member of the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program . In this tough economy, the cost savings of virtualization are driving faster adoption – and the introduction of Microsoft Hyper-V is exposing more companies, large and small, to the benefits of this deceptively simple technology. In fact, from what we’ve seen, the scale of...

Filed under: Hyper-V, integrated virtualization, Management tools, System Center, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Virtualization, virtual machine, Management, VMM 2008, virtualization management, Windows Server 2008, cross-platform management

New VDI, Management Technology Announced

Published 3 November 8 11:17 PM | Windows Virtualization Team Blog

A few items to call out. First up is Manlio's post about the renaming of Terminal Services - it'll be known as Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2 -- and the new VDI features. Here's an excerpt: The key here is that RDS in Windows Server 2008 R2 makes the new server OS the ideal platform for companies to implement a centralized desktop strategy and for partners to provide...

Filed under: Hyper-V, Virtualization, Management tools, System Center, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Virtual Desktop Architecture, VDI, Windows Virtualization, virtual machine, Management, virtualization management, cross-platform management